Kikuo is the first vocaloid song to have been played over 100 million times on Spotify, recently “Ado” has released a cover of his song, his song has been featured in a high school music textbook, and he has been featured in the NHK “Professional Work”. A Vocaloid producer who has received a wide range of attention, including being closely interviewed on “Ryūgi.” More than 85% of Kikuo’s listeners are overseas, and he is currently on a large-scale world tour called “Kikuoland Go-Round,” a first for Vocaloid P with 39 performances in 16 countries.
While his real live performances have been exciting the world, he has taken a turn and released the world “Yotouge” on VRChat in the metaverse space. It has already received a lot of praise from all over the world with the hashtag #yorutouge, and it has become a big hit as it has entered the popular world.
Kikuo VRChat World “Yortouge” trailer video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gCg0sAG-DzM
VRChat is the world’s largest virtual space platform called “social VR,” and has a particularly large number of users in the United States, with many of its fans having a strong affinity with Kikuo, who is located in the United States. Recently, VRChat has become a big buzz in Japan thanks to the popular streamer “Stanmi”. At such perfect timing, the VRChat world “Yortouge” created based on Kikuo’s music and worldview was released.
This world, which was completed after about 8 months of production including the planning period, was created by the Metaverse industry, including “Mikkabozu” for the total direction, “TKTK” for the character design and sound, and “Renard” and “Nemuriki” for the VFX. The best of the best will participate. In addition, the popular character Hoshi-kun, created by the visual artist “Kiku Shiku” who has been creating a unique worldview with Kikuo for many years, will appear, allowing you to enjoy Kikuo’s unique music world in a way that only VR can offer. The overwhelming expression allows you to enjoy it even more deeply and intuitively.
At the release party held before the release of World, many Kikuo fans and VRChat fans gathered from all over the world, and viewers enjoyed special performances such as Kikuo’s first VR live performance and Shiku Kigiku’s digital live painting. was overjoyed.
Meanwhile, the long-awaited official e-commerce site “Kikuo Online Store” has also opened.
The world tour that is currently being held in the real world is seeing a series of sold-out performances, and the merchandise at the venue is immediately sold out due to enthusiastic fans. His wide variety of goods are produced locally around the world, and the items sold at each venue are different, so fans around the world have been eagerly awaiting the opening of an e-commerce site.
Here, we have Shiku Kukiku, an artist who has been creating Kuo’s world view with his unique visual sense since the beginning of his career, and who also produces most of Kuo’s goods. https://si-ku.art/ ) made for this e-commerce site, new goods sold for the first time, popular skateboards sold on world tours, and previously sold skateboards sold at rare prices. We handle many items including vinyl records.
We want you to enjoy Kikuo’s world from various angles such as live performances, VR, and goods.
[VRChat World “Yortouge”]
■Kikuo VRChat World “Yortouge” trailer video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gCg0sAG-DzM
■Publication date and time: Now available
■Publication location: VRChat
https://vrchat.com/home/world/wrld_8bbb6f61-61cf-4243-a58e-2000f2740e2b
■Staff credits:
Lyrics, Music, and Arrangement by Kikuo
Direction / World Modeling: Mikkabozuhttps://twitter.com/mikkabouzu777
Character Design / Character Modeling / Character Animation / Sound Design / Environment Sound Composition: tktk https://x.com/tktk_1
Engineering / VFX: Nemurikihttps://twitter.com/Name1ess_Newbie
VFX / Graphics Programming / UdonSharp Programming: Renard https://x.com/Renard_VRC
Hoshikun live.ver design and 3Dmodeling: Hoshikun Shiku https://twitter.com/si_ku
Project Management : kouko (emma)https://x.com/koukoplus
■Work concept
[EC site information]
Kikuo Online Storehttps://kikuostore.com/
[Performance information]
Kikuo World Tour 2024-2025
Kikuoland-Go-Round
Click here for detailshttps://kikuo.jp/
[Latest songs]
“Just like that, just like that.”
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■Web Site：https://kikuo.jp/
■YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/c/kikuo_sound
■X： https://twitter.com/kikuo_sound
■pixivFANBOX:https://kikuo.fanbox.cc/
[Kikuo Profile]
First posted Vocaloid song in 2010.
In 2016, appeared at Nico Nico Cho Party 2016 in Saitama Super Arena.
In 2017, she appeared in the high school textbook “High School Students’ Music 1” (Kyoiku Geijutsusha) with sheet music and a photo as Kikuo feat. Hatsune Miku.
In 2022, the song “Aishite Aishite Aishite” became the first VOCALOID song to be played 100 million times on Spotify, making it the number one Vocaloid song in the world.
In the same year, she appeared on NHK’s “Professional Work Style: Ultimate Diva Virtual Singer Hatsune Miku” after a long-term close interview.
March 2023, one-man live “kikuoland” at EX THEATER ROPPONGI sold out immediately.
In March of the same year, the novel “Kikuostories Ai, Ai, Aishite” (Kawade Shobo Shinsha), based on Kikuo’s songs and fully supervised by Kikuo, was released.
In January 2024, a joint tour with UK artists “bo en” and “gus bonito vs. kane west (from Kero Kero Bonito)” will be held in the United States for 12 dates.
In March of the same year, he held his first overseas one-man show in Mexico City, Texas/Dallas, and Los Angeles.
Performed at “Strawberry Music Festival” in Beijing, China on May 2nd of the same year, and “CCXP México” in Mexico City, Mexico on May 5th of the same year.
August of the same year: Kikuoland Go-Round starts with 39 performances in 16 locations in Japan, China, South America, North America, Australia, and Europe.
